BUSINESS

THIS YEAR, THE LGBTQ COMMUNITY HAS FACED ALL out assaults on our most fundamental civil rights from the highest levels of government. Basic decency and fairness have been flung out the window, and some of our bedrock American principles are being tested. That is why it is especially remarkable that this year has ushered in a new high watermark in lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) workplace inclusion. Read the full article HERE. #lgbt #gay #lesbian #bisexual #transgender #homophobia #equality      

In March, the U.S. Census Bureau announced it would not be collecting data on sexual orientation and gender identity in 2020, a move that LGBTQ advocacy groups decried as a form of erasure. That decision led the social-science company CivicScience, with the support of organizations including the National LGBTQ Task Force, to collect its own survey data through anonymous online polling that’s so far covered over 153,000 respondents, more than 10,000 of whom self-identify as LGBTQ. (The Census Bureau has since reversed course and will now collect the data.) Read the full article HERE. #lgbt #gay #lesbian #bisexual #transgender #homophobia #equality  

Twitter has apologized for blocking the word “bisexual” from search results, saying that it was wrongly included in an “out of date” list of terms associated with explicit content. The company says the extent of the block was a “technical issue”, which will be fixed in the next day, adding that some terms in particular were “incorrectly included”. Read the full article HERE. #lgbt #gay #lesbian #bisexual #transgender #homophobia #equality